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PM 'certain' of victory as Iraqis vote despite attacks
Apr 30, 2014 (AFP)
Iraqis defied a rash of attacks that killed 14 people Wednesday and voted in the first general election since US troops withdrew, with Prime Minister Nuri al-Ma...
PM 'certain' of win as Iraqis vote despite dozens of attacks
Apr 30, 2014 (AFP)
Iraqis on Wednesday defied a rash of militant attacks to vote in the country's first elections since US troops withdrew, with premier Nuri al-Maliki proclaiming...
Attacks raise tensions on eve of Iraq polls
Apr 29, 2014 (AFP)
Attacks killed 24 people in Iraq Tuesday, the latest in a wave of deadly violence that has cast a pall over the country's first general election since US troops...
Iraqi forces cast ballots ahead of election
Apr 28, 2014 (AFP)
Security personnel cast their ballots nationwide Monday ahead of Iraq's first election since US troops withdrew, amid attacks on voting centres and fears the co...
Sulaimaniyah erupts over Iraq president video
Apr 28, 2014 (AFP)
Sulaimaniyah, a centre of support for ailing Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, erupted in celebration on Monday over a video apparently showing him casting his vo...
Iraq PM faces fractured opposition in reelection bid
Apr 28, 2014 (AFP)
Nuri al-Maliki is bidding for a third term as Iraqi premier on Wednesday without any obvious challenger, in marked contrast to the 2010 election when he faced a...
Iraq attacks kill 57 as security forces vote
Apr 28, 2014 (AFP)
Attacks including a spate of suicide bombings killed 57 people on Monday as soldiers and policemen cast their votes in Iraq's first parliamentary election since...
Iraq attacks kill 15 as elections loom
Apr 26, 2014 (AFP)
Attacks in Iraq killed 15 people Saturday in the run-up to next week's first parliamentary election since US troops withdrew, with violence at its worst in year...
Christians face 'disaster' in Iraq: church leader
Apr 26, 2014 (AFP)
Iraq's dwindling Christian community faces "disaster," and if no action is taken they will number just a few thousand in a decade, the country's most senior chu...
ISIL claims Baghdad election rally attack: statement
Apr 25, 2014 (AFP)
A powerful jihadist group claimed a dual bombing at a Shiite political rally in Baghdad on Friday, according to a statement posted on jihadist forums, just days...
Attacks kill 13 in Iraq ahead of vote
Apr 24, 2014 (AFP)
Violence focused mainly on security checkpoints killed 13 people in Iraq Thursday, as the country struggles with daily unrest ahead of next week's parliamentary...
Iraq officials targeted as violence kills 13
Apr 23, 2014 (AFP)
Militants shot dead an Iraqi provincial councillor and bombed the education minister's convoy on Wednesday, as violence killed 13 people nationwide ahead of nex...
Iraq attacks kill 26 as election looms
Apr 21, 2014 (AFP)
Attacks including five suicide bombings hit various areas of Iraq on Monday, killing at least 26 people as parliamentary elections loom next week, the first sin...
Iraq attacks kill nine as bomber hits university
Apr 20, 2014 (AFP)
Attacks in Iraq, including a suicide bombing at a university in north Baghdad, killed at least nine people on Sunday, security and medical officials said. The a...
Iraq attacks kill 14 as bomber hits university
Apr 20, 2014 (AFP)
Attacks in Iraq, including a suicide bombing at a university in north Baghdad, killed at least 14 people on Sunday, security and medical officials said. The att...
Violence kills 29 as Iraqi forces hit militants
Apr 19, 2014 (AFP)
Violence in Iraq killed 29 people Saturday, most of them militants who died in a security forces assault that pushed them out of an area west of Baghdad, offici...
Iraq policeman dies shielding recruits, attacks kill 21
Apr 17, 2014 (AFP)
An Iraqi policeman sacrificed himself to shield army recruits from a suicide bomber northeast of Baghdad on Thursday, as attacks mainly targeting security perso...
Bombers kill five at Iraq provincial govt compound
Apr 16, 2014 (AFP)
Two suicide bombers blew up vehicles rigged with explosives outside a government compound in the Iraqi city of Ramadi on Wednesday, killing five people, police ...
Iraq shuts infamous Abu Ghraib prison over security fears
Apr 15, 2014 (AFP)
Iraq has closed Abu Ghraib prison, made infamous by Saddam Hussein's regime and US forces, due to security concerns following a mass breakout last year, the jus...
Militants close dam as Iraq violence kills 15
Apr 14, 2014 (AFP)
Militants have closed all gates of a Euphrates River dam they control in Iraq, blocking a major water source, a minister said on Monday, while violence killed 1...
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